Three Friends : Roy Bedichek, J. Frank Dobie, Walter Prescott Webb / William A. Owens.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Owens, William A., Author.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (335 p.)

Place of Publication:

Austin : University of Texas Press, [2014]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Roy Bedichek, J. Frank Dobie, and Walter Prescott Webb—a naturalist, a folklorist, and a historian—all taught at the University of Texas, lived only a few blocks apart, and saw each other almost every day. The true cement of their friendship, however, was the correspondence that makes up much of this book. They wrote not to exchange information, but to communicate ideas, to nail down the generalities of conversation, and, above all, to challenge, encourage, and stimulate one another. William A. Owens, who knew all three personally, has tied their letters together with his own observations and with transcripts of tape interviews with the men. The result is a unique book, a combination of biography and personal history that portrays not only the three friends, but the land they loved as well.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

I. A Truckload of Living

II. Pioneers of Brush and Plain

III. School Bells and the Varmint's Cry

IV. Up to the University

V. Mavericks Roam the Forty Acres

VI. Friday Mountain Boys

VII. Talk Swapping

VIII. Texans Abroad

IX. A Book Corralled

X. Books, Books, Books

XI. Westward Slopes

XII. Acknowledgments; Bibliographies; Notes

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 20. Mar 2025)

ISBN:

9780292780118

0292780117